Cleaning Up Our Beaches and Oceans

Beach and Ocean pollution is a continuing problem on our planet.Animals can become sick and trapped diminishing
populations.This effect marine
ecosystems as well as the seafood, making some things toxic to eat.Not to mention, it makes beaches unpleasant
to visit and look at.But what's being
done?So far there have been efforts to
pick up trash from beaches and we can help as well by not leaving behind our
own waste on the beach and picking up any that might have been left behind by
someone else.The tricky part is
cleaning up the oceans.There have been
three inventions that have really helped with this difficult process.

This first
invention was invented by Boyan Slat when he was 16 years old.This was the start of The Ocean Cleanup which
he founded at age 19.Slat invented a
floating barrier that uses the ocean's currents to collect garbage
while still letting wildlife pass.The
next invention is the Seabin, invented by Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski, which is only suitable
in calm waters and its main purpose is to clean up marine docks.It uses a 110V or 220V water pump to collect
around 1.5 kilograms of floating debris a day into a collection bag and costs
about one U.S. dollar a day to power.Technology has also been developed to allow for oil absorption by the
Seabin.The last invention is the SeaVax
is a 160 feet long unmanned solar and wind powered vessel that uses sonar to
detect garbage in the ocean and avoid harming marine life.It sucks up garbage and compacts it.The garbage it then either picked up out at
sea or the SeaVax comes back to shore with the garbage to it can be properly
recycled and disposed of.

These
inventions and beach cleanup will make an impact in cleaning up the oceans, but reducing the
pollution in the first place starts with us.